What Does the Bible Say About Babbling? With Scripture References

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Lord’s Library editors answer the question “What does the Bible say about babbling?” with specific Bible references.

Have you ever asked yourself the question “What does the Bible say about babbling?” If you have, you’re definitely not alone! And since the Bible helps Christians form a foundational understanding of important topics, it’s imperative that one know how Scripture describes babbling in different contexts. The Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines babbling as “Talking idly; telling secrets. Uttering a succession of murmuring sounds; as a babbling stream.”

Now armed with a basic definition of babbling, Lord’s Library editors thought it would be a helpful exercise to provide Biblical context. As a result, we compiled this short resource which captures all notable mentions of the word babbling, as well as its other forms. If you’ve been wondering what the King James Bible says about babbling, scroll on for additional detail.

Note: If you want to know what the Bible says about babbling and 206 other important topics (to be exact), our editors recommend Spencer Smith’s Doctrine Matters: Bible Topic Guidebook.

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What Does the Bible Say About Babbling?


Proverbs 23:29

“Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?”

Ephesians 5:18

“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”

Proverbs 20:1

“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”

Habakkuk 2:15

“Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!”

1 John 4: 1-6

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.”

1 Timothy 4:2

“Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;”

Acts 20:30

“Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.”

1 Peter 4:4

“Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:”

Psalms 58:3

“The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.”

Psalms 34:13

“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.”


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